COVER STORY TONY LASALA THE BIG EVENT SPECIALIST HE IS A CPA BY PROFFESSION WHO GRADUATED IN LA SALLE TAFT AND

ADUATED IN LA SALLE TAFT AND GOT HIS MASTERS DEGREE IN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY IN EASTERN MICHIGAN IN THE UNITED STATES HE AND CONG. PATRICK ANTONIO WERE THE THE BEST OF FRIENDS IN AND OUT OF COCKFIGHTING ACCORDING TO PA HE IS VERY GOOD IN NUMBERS THEY WERE COLLEGE CLASSMATES (BARKADA) IN LA SALLE IN 1967 TO 1971 LOTS OF FUNNY AND TRICKY SITUATIONS THEYVE BEEN THRU THOSE YEARS NOW TONY IS A SEMI-RETIRED BUSINESSMAN HAVING MOST HIS FREE TIME TO SABONG MOSTLY DURING FRIDAYS WATCHING REGULAR DERBIES IN PASAY COCKPIT HE IS THE CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER OF ORACLE SINCE 1998 A SUBSIDIARY OF MICROSOFT HE ESTABLISHED AN IT COMPANY HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES WHICH HE CONSIDERED HIS BABY THE DB WIZARDS, INC. (LOCALLY BASED) TONY IS ANTONIO DIOKNO LASALA IN REAL PERSON HE WAS BORN IN SAN LUIS, BATANGAS RAISED BY HIS PARENTS FORMER SAN LUIS MAYOR NAPOLEON LASALA AND HIS MOTHER ROSITA LASALA FORMER CONGRESSMAN AND JUDGE ROBERTO DIOKNO OF THE RCD SAN LUIS FAME IS HIS UNCLE IT WAS IN 1975 THAT HE AWAKENED HIS FLAIR FOR GAME CHICKENS THRU HIS LATE BROTHER BEBOT SMELLING THE FOUL ODOR OF CHICKEN DROPPINGS IN THEIR GARAGE 1976 HE BECAME A FULL-PLEDGED SABUNGERO 1988 HE WENT BACK TO HIS HOMETOWN AND ESTABLISHED HIS MINI FARM TONY TOOK CHARGE OF PAS FARM WHEN THE FORMER RAN FOR CONGRESS ALSO IN 1988 ACCORDING TO HIM THEY WERE WINNING LEFT AND RIGHT WITH CONG. PATRICKS GAME CHICKENS ALSO WITH THE CONDITIONING SYSTEM HE ALSO ADAPTED FROM OUR IDOL BEFORE BREEDING HIS OWN HE CONFIDED THAT HE GETS HIS FIGHTERS LOCALLY SPECIALLY IN BACOLOD FROM GARY LACSON, AL GARCIA AND IN CAGAYAN, BOYBOY ROA HE STARTED BUYING 2 TRIOS FROM ED APARRI IN 2000 HE GOT IMPORTED BROODSTOCK FROM BRUCE BARNETTE HE MET JOE SANFORD IN 2005 ALONG WITH JIMMY JOHNSON WHOM HE PURCHASED BROODSTOCKS ALSO IN 2006 HE GOT FIGHTING COCKS AND BROOD MATERIALS FROM LARRY BARLETA THE FOLLOWING YEAR HE ACQUIRED FOWLS FROM LARRY ROMERO, GENE BATIA AND A MEXICAN BREEDER NAMED SOSA AND IN 2007 HE HAS HIS OWN PRODUCE WHICH HE IS FIGHTING UP TO THE PRESENT LATELY HE ACQUIRED FOWLS FROM KENNY GRAHAM AND KEITH CARGILL SINCE LAST YEAR DOWNSIZED HIS OPERATION ACCORDING TO HIM IT IS BUT WISE TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST 500 TO 600 HEADS WHICH COMPOSES YOUR STAGS, 2 YEAR OLD COCKS AND YOUR 3 YEAR OLDS TO FIGHT IN THE BIG LEAGUE ITS A NORM NOW TO USE 3 YEAR OLD COCKS

ITS BETTER TO TRIM DOWN MAGASTOS ANG MAINTENANCE ACCORDING TO TONY, HE IS A 100% SAGUPAAN PRODUCT USER FROM CHICK BOOSTER, TO THE CONDITIONING SUPPLEMENTS ALL SAGUPAAN DI MO NA KAILANGANG MANGHULA, NANDYAN NA AT HIGIT SA LAHAT SUBOK NA AS A GAMBLER IM A STEADY BETTOR I BET MINIMUM OF 5K TO 40K AND AS MUCH TO 110K ON MY ROOSTER DEPENDE PA YAN KUNG NASA WINNING STREAK AKO BEING THE WINNERS IN BIG EVENTS IN MAJOR COCKPITS LIKE SAN JUAN COLISEUM, ROLIGON AND PASAY CITY COCKPIT HE STILL HOPE THAT SOMEDAY HE ALSO WINS THE WORLD SLASHER 8-COCK DERBY AND THE BAKBAKAN NATIONAL STAG DERBIES TONYS ADVICE, 1. DONT GAMBLE TO MUCH 2. PARTICIPATE IN COCKFIGHTING WITHIN YOUR MEANS 3. GET GOOD STOCKS, GOODLINE FROM REPUTABLE BREEDERS 4. BE SELECTIVE, GO FOR QUALITY AND NOT FOR QUANTITY